The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 25, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 PM
5:00 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1617
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.3° / 7.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 33m / -8.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.73° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.85° / -0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.52° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.